In this unit, students will analyze scientific data to make a claim and support with evidence from both their investigations and outside sources.
Priority Standard
Middle School Physical Science 3-5: Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Engineering Practice 4: Engage in argument from evidence.
Supporting Standard
Engineering Practice 8: Obtain, evaluate and communicate information.
Essential Questions
How do we make sense of our data?
How do we use our interpretation of the data to make a convincing argument for what we have proved about our testable question?
Big Ideas
Scientists examine their own understanding insight of new evidence.
Qualitative and quantitative data can be analyzed to support or refute a claim.
Middle School Physical Science 3-5: Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Engineering Practice 4: Engage in argument from evidence.
Supporting Standard
Engineering Practice 8: Obtain, evaluate and communicate information.
Essential Questions
How do we make sense of our data?
How do we use our interpretation of the data to make a convincing argument for what we have proved about our testable question?
Big Ideas
Scientists examine their own understanding insight of new evidence.
Qualitative and quantitative data can be analyzed to support or refute a claim.
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VOcabularyOutliers
Bar Graphs Line Graphs Scatter Plot Graphs Pie Graphs Claim Analyze Evidence Experimental Error Kinetic Energy Potential |
AssessmentsStudents will be provided a lab setup; they will collect data based on video, students write lab conclusion.
Students will combine lab data and textual data for one conclusion/argument. Students will write an argument based on this prompt: Make a claim about the effect of environmental conditions on a teen’s ability to focus. |